Cardinal Comm School District
A public school district in Eldon, Iowa, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,079
- Students enrolled
- 85
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 196.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,118
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,079 in 2024–25
- Ranks 7,097th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 115th of 329 in Iowa. Larger than 60% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,118 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 17% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Cardinal Comm School District spent $12,118 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,512 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $12,118 | $13.0 million | 1,074 |
| FY2022 | $11,378 | $12.2 million | 1,069 |
| FY2021 | $10,077 | $10.7 million | 1,066 |
| FY2020 | $9,529 | $10.0 million | 1,051 |
| FY2019 | $9,611 | $9.6 million | 1,002 |
| FY2018 | $12,908 | $9.0 million | 697 |
| FY2017 | $12,024 | $8.2 million | 678 |
| FY2016 | $11,904 | $7.9 million | 665 |
| FY2015 | $10,938 | $7.1 million | 650 |
| FY2014 | $9,370 | $6.3 million | 670 |
| FY2013 | $9,196 | $5.7 million | 622 |
| FY2012 | $8,655 | $5.6 million | 646 |
| FY2011 | $8,634 | $5.6 million | 651 |
| FY2010 | $8,141 | $5.3 million | 651 |
| FY2009 | $8,604 | $5.3 million | 619 |
| FY2008 | $8,398 | $5.4 million | 644 |
| FY2007 | $8,005 | $5.3 million | 659 |
| FY2006 | $7,882 | $5.1 million | 650 |
| FY2005 | $7,512 | $4.9 million | 646 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $1.6 million | 10.1% |
| State | $6.3 million | 39.3% |
| Local | $8.2 million | 50.6% |
| Total | $16.1 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
3 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Cardinal Elementary | 495 |
| Cardinal High School | 270 |
| Cardinal Junior High | 314 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 1906240
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Iowa — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Iowa — A to Z, each with its page.
- Iowa on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved